A 21-year-old man who mowed down a teenage pedestrian on an illegal electric motorbike in Ryde High Street has been handed a suspended prison sentence and a 12-month driving ban. Patrick Douglas, of Fishbourne Lane, appeared before the Isle of...

Monday 22nd September – Friday 26th September 2025 • Nicholas John Fleming, 72, of Gladices Lane, Chale Green, Ventnor – Admitted cultivating 23 cannabis plants and driving with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood above the legal limit. He was fined £200,...

38-year-old Dean Clack, who 'recklessly' put pressure on a toddler's neck, causing a haemorrhage in her eye, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Clack, of Avenue Road in Freshwater, learnt his fate when he appeared for sentencing at the...

36-year-old James Fothergill, a Niton man accused of a child sex offence, is yet to enter a plea as his Crown Court case has been delayed for the third time. Mr Fothergill, of Newport Road, appeared before Judge David Melville...

A Cowes man who was found dead inside a car in December 2022 died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning from a running generator placed inside the vehicle, an inquest has concluded. 61-year-old David Anthony Bradley, a Heavy Goods...

A Newport motorcyclist has been disqualified from driving after clocking 100mph in a 40mph zone, jumping a red light, and riding with a hinged number plate designed to avoid detection. 35-year-old Nathan Larder, of Prospect Road, committed the offences on...

Monday 22nd September – Friday 26th September 2025 • Steven Tuckey, 45, of Hill Rise Avenue, Ryde – found guilty of stalking a police officer by sending abusive emails and publicly naming him, and also found guilty of damaging a...

45-year-old Steven Tuckey has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of stalking a police detective and damaging the front door of Newport Police Station. Tuckey, of Hillrise Avenue in Binstead, appeared before the Isle of Wight...

The owner of Hazelgrove Farm near Ryde has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings linked to a 2023 outbreak of cryptosporidiosis that left around 50 people unwell and led to a major public health investigation. 60-year-old Sharon Wheeler appeared...

A coroner has concluded that a man found dead at his 5-bedroom home in Newport shortly after Police contact back in 2023 took his own life, with no concerns raised during a subsequent standards review. 62-year-old John Stephen Eastwood was...